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APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 1, 1911.

Patented June 11, 1912.

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1b aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Roseland, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gatesand relates more particularly to farm gates and means for opening andclosing the same.

The features of the present invention reside in the novel means wherebythe gate may be either opened or closed from either side by the operatorat a distance from the same.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of asimple and comparatively inexpensive construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter described, claimed and moreparticularly pointed out in the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a farm gate showing my improved deviceapplied; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the locking member; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supportingbrace, and Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2showing the op erating lever in full lines when the gate is locked andin dotted lines when it is unlocked.

Referring now to the drawing wherein like parts are indicated by thesame reference throughout the several views, the numeral 1 indicates theusual farm gate consisting of longitudinal bars 2 secured together attheir ends by vertical members 3 and braced by diagonal member 4. Thegate is hinged as at 5 between two gate posts 6.

Pivoted as at 7 to the diagonal member 4 of the gate is a longitudinallyextending lever 8 which projects a little beyond the gate as at 9 andadapted to engage the spring lock 1.0 formed upon the front gate post.This lock consists of a laterally extending member 11 which is securedto the gate post and a spring pressed dog 12 pivoted at one end thereof,having an offset portion 13 which is normally held against the top ofthe member 11 by means of a leaf spring 14.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 1, 1911.

Patented June ii, 1912. Serial No. 641,771.

The ends of the operating lever 18 are oppositely bent formingextensions 19. A link 20 is pivotally connected at one end to the frontextension 19 and its opposite end is pivotally connected to the lever 8as at 21. Spaced at a suitable distance on each side of the gate areposts 22 each having secured thereto two pulleys 23. Extending overthese pulleys 23 are operating cables 24 having one end connected to theextension 19 as at 25 and each having a weight or operating handle 26secured to the opposite end thereof.

It is obvious from the foregoing that when a person is about to passthrough the gate he may without dismounting from a horse or leaving avehicle unlatch and open the same by giving a slight pull on one of thehandles 26 and by pulling on the opposite handle the gate will readilyclose and latch.

Having described my invention and what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a plurality of posts, of a gate cooperativelymounted therebetween, a catch carried by one of said posts, a catchlever pivoted on said gate and adapted to cooperate with said catch,bearings mounted on said gate, an operating lever mounted for rotationin said bearings, arms formed at right angles at the terminals of saidlever and extending in opposite directions, means for actuating saidoperating lever, and means whereby the outer end of the catch lever maybe moved upon the rotation of the operatinglever aforesaid.

2. The combination with a plurality of posts, of a gate cooperativelymounted therebetween, a catch carried by one of said posts,

a catch lever pivoted on said gate and adapted to cooperate with saidcatch, bear-' ings mounted on said gate, an operating lever mounted forrotation in said bearings, arms formed at right angles at the terminalsof said lever and extending in oppowith said gate, the upper terminalsof said bearings being at right angles to the body portion thereof, anoperating-lever mounted for rotation in the upper terminals of saidbearings, an upwardly extending arm formed at one terminal of saidlever, a clependent arm formed at the opposite terminal thereof, a linkconnecting said upwardly extending arm to said latch lever, andactuating means secured to the terminal of said arm and extending inopposite direct-ions on each side of the gate aforesaid.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

LEWIS MARTIN.

Witnesses L. C. BELISLE, L. H. PHILLIPS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C.

